 | Skeat, W.W.; Blagden, C.O. 1906 Pagan races of the Malay Peninsula. London, MacMillan and Co, vol. 1, pp. i-xl, 1-724 |
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| Malaysia, Semang tribe. The horn is supposed to be possessed with medicinal properties, and is highly prized by the Malays, to whom the Semang genrally barter it for tobacco and similar commodities. |
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| Maxwell, W.G. 1906 Mantra Gajah. Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 45: 1-53 |
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| Medicine to make an elephant fat (mantra gajah). This is another remedy: we take the skin of a rhinoceros' navel and soak it in water with some Siamese salt and some honey. Then we give the elephant the skin to eat with its food: we pour the liquid over the elephant and give it some to drink. ... |
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| Skeat, W.W.; Blagden, C.O. 1906 Pagan races of the Malay Peninsula. London, MacMillan and Co, vol. 1, pp. i-xl, 1-724 |
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| The rhinoceros is obtained with yet greater ease. This animal is frequently found wallowing in marshy places, with its whole body immersed in the mud and only part of its head visible. The Malays call such an animal 'badak tapa', or the 'recluse' rhino. Especially towards the close of the rain... |
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| Wray, L. 1905 Rhinoceros trapping. Journal of the Federated Malay States Museums 1 (2): 63-65 |
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| Skin. Sex: Male. Locality: Dindings, Malaysia. In coll. Perak Museum, Malaysia |
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| Wray, L. 1905 Rhinoceros trapping. Journal of the Federated Malay States Museums 1 (2): 63-65 |
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| Extracted in Boettger 1905. These notes were made in 1901, when an attempt was made to procure a specimen of Rhinoceros sondaicus for the British Museum. It, however, was discovered that this species did not occur near the Dindings. Three animal of Dicerorhinus sumatrensis were caught. |
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| Wray, L. 1905 Rhinoceros trapping. Journal of the Federated Malay States Museums 1 (2): 63-65 |
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| Extracted in Boettger 1905. In and near the Dindings, the catching and exporting of rhinoceros has been, in the past, quite a regular trade. It is said by the local Malays that some fifty of these animals have been caught there altogether; and that formerly they were very plentiful, but now hav... |
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| Wray, L. 1905 Rhinoceros trapping. Journal of the Federated Malay States Museums 1 (2): 63-65 |
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| They are caught in pit-falls, made in the jungle tracks which they follow. The pits are rectangular holes 7 hasters long, 3 hasters wide and 5 hasters deep, i.e. 10 ? ft x 4 ? ft x 8 ? ft. These pits are dug out with perpendicular sides, then the sides and ends are lined with stakes of about 4 ... |
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| Wray, L. 1905 Rhinoceros trapping. Journal of the Federated Malay States Museums 1 (2): 63-65 |
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| [Animal shot and skinned] Some Chinese woodcutters begged for the flesh. They also took other parts of the body for medicinal purposes. |
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| Wray, L. 1905 Rhinoceros trapping. Journal of the Federated Malay States Museums 1 (2): 63-65 |
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| Malaysia. [Animal shot and skinned] Some Chinese woodcutters begged for the flesh, and removed practically the whole of it. |
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| Whitney, C. 1905 Jungle trails and jungle people: travel, adventure and observation in the Far East. London, T.Werner Laurie, pp. i-xv, 1-310 |
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